Hoodie Character Rig Tour

I designed, modeled, rigged and animated this character, who will star in my short thesis film.

Laundry Day - My Animated Thesis Film

This is my first animated short film! I was responsible for practically everything: writing the story, designing the cloth characters, making their rigs, creating the environment, animation, effects, and rendering. This was a very difficult but awesome experience, and I hope you enjoy the result as much as I do. The boy rig is CGTarian's Ray. Music is "On Eggshells" by Richard Canavan

Full Character Cloth Simulation

I was challenged to use someone else's animation and give the character an outfit. It was a big challenge and took roughly two weeks of trial and error, but I'm very happy with the result and can definitely say I learned a lot. The character and animation I found on Mixamo; the character's boots are from Turbosquid, and the rest I modeled, textured, and simulated myself using Maya's nCloth.

Thesis Animation - Room Environment

This is the environment where my short film will take place. All of the assets I created and textured myself using Maya, Photoshop, and Substance Designer/Painter. Stay tuned to see the animation this coming spring!

Substance Designer Art Test

I had an opportunity at Caterpillar to test out for their new Substance Designer/Texture artist position. Over the course of three days, I had to create five textures which demonstated my artistic skill, problem solving and risk taking. These included an ornate mosaic tile floor, broken concrete wall, work painted metal, tire rubber, and muddy dirt road. I was very pleased with the results!

Caterpillar Art Test

The art test I created as part of my application process for my current 3D generalist position at Caterpillar. Over the course of 3 days, I had to create an alternator based on a few images that were provided for me. This was my first time creating such a complex inorganic project, and it was a very valuable experience! I used Maya to model, Substance Painter for the textures, and rendered the final result with Arnold.

Animation Reel

A collection of animations I have gotten to work on in the past few years.

Houdini Shatter Project

This is an experimental Houdini project. The piggy bank concept was a challenge, as I had to simulate the coins on top of the shatter.

NSAC Campaign Work

In the spring semester of 2019, I took part in the National Student Advertising Competition as part of the art team, which handled all the visuals in creating an advertising campaign for Wienerschnitzel. I wore many hats on the team; I handled the 3D model, lighting, and some textures of the Wienerscnitzel building, created the promotional box in 3D and animated it, storyboarded, made and animated vector graphics for presentation slides, and created Photoshop compositions.

According to the judges, the visuals of our presentation were strong enough to place 3rd in our district, even though the campaign itself completely rebelled agaisnt the prompt.

Toy Still Life

I used Maya to model everything and Substance Painter to texture the box and the little train, which was my favorite!

Sketchbook

This is a collection of my sketches from this past year, please take a look! I'm always drawing and striving to improve.

NSAC Motion Graphics

The motion graphics work I made for NSAC 2019. I created the vector restaurant and the people/money effects, animated the money fan, and tweaked and animated the provided hot dog character models to create unique expressions and poses that fit our presentation.

Hoodie Character Run Cycle

I am currently working on a 3D short film about a hoodie and a pair of pants This is a run cycle test for the hoodie character that I made in the past few months.

Robot Run

A shot I animated for a group project. The story revolves around a robot getting sidetracked at a circus on his way to work. We were each responsible for three shots, and this was my favorite of the three.

Character Design - OBB

I made this for the monthly character design challenge on Facebook. The theme was "robots," so I decided to create OBB - a One Bot Band who plays music from an age long gone. I made a 3D base for the robot in Maya to help me out with the perspective and lighting.

Houdini Waterfall

My first attempt at water in Houdini. This includes a base mesh simulation pess, a foam pass, and a bubble pass!

Environment Painting

I love environment art, so I wanted to give a shot at making a big sweeping landscape myself. I made a 3D base of the ship in Maya, which helped me understand the lighting and perspective.

Chair Model

A modeling project from a few years ago that I have been sprucing up. I wanted to give myself a challenge, so I went for a surreal look.

Axel Character Design

Meet Axel, an intern at a space technology company who drafts him to test drive their new jet pack. It was a bumpy ride for him, but luckly no one was harmed.

Digital Portraits

I love painting portraits! I study them all the time to keep my observation and expression skills sharp.

Fullbody Character Paintings

Some forays into painting fullbody anatomy and characters.

Houdini Smoke Project

My first experiment with Houdini. It was a challenge, but it's amazing how versatile the program is.

Dwarf Sculpt and Hair

Using a pre existing model as a starting point, I sculpted the face in MudBox and textured it in Maya. The hair was made using XGen.